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Archaeological discoveries in Ufa might prove city founded earlier than officially known

An archeological expedition has recently found a stone burial mound dating back to the epoch of the so-called "Turbaslin" culture of the 5th -7th centuries AD

UFA, September 22. /ITAR-TASS/. A tomb dating back to the early 5th-10th centuries, recently found on a burial mound in the city of Ufa (Baskortostan) might prove that the city was founded at least a thousand years before its official foundation date known until now, senior expert of the UFA Institute of History, Language and Literature, archaeologist Vyacheslav Kotov told ITAR-TASS.